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Bitcoin Commodity Exchange Within the next two weeks, bitcoin commodity exchange, CEX.io, will impose a trade fee. The fee will be implemented in 2 stages. First, a fixed commission of 0.2%, and a flexible fee which charges between 0.2% and 0.5% after a certain period of time....

Fitch credit rating agency has decided to put in its two cents on bitcoin. The agency calls the digital currency small compared to traditional payment processors such as VISA and MasterCard. Many within the bitcoin community see this comment as “blatantly obvious”,...

Amid many rumors of a Bitcoin ban in China, the Chinese central bank has sent out notice to the Chinese Bitcoin exchanges, and it is not in the favor of the digital currency. China’s central bank, the PBOC, has just ordered payment companies and commercial banks to shut down...

Free Bitcoin Course! The University of Nicosia is launching a free “Introduction to Digital Currencies” course to anyone around the world who want to participate. The course will teach the fundamentals of bitcoin and other forms of digital currency. The free bitcoin...

The bitcoin ATM manufacturing company, Robocoin, has been invited by Congressman Jared Polis to the United States Capitol Hill to do a presentation about its machines. This is a great development between the government and the digital currency known as bitcoin. This momentous...

Mark Karpeles, the CEO of the ex-bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, has been ordered by a judge in Texas to come to the United States to give answers about its exchanges’ failure and why it filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the U.S last month. Karpeles has been summoned by...

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) warned people that the first online Vietnam Bitcoin Digital Currency exchange (VBTC) is illegal. In addition to this, all of the exchange’s trading activities aren’t protected by the law, according to vietnamnet. This warning...

New BitPay Office According to a press release, the world’s leader in business through digital currencies, BitPay, has opened its European headquarters in Amsterdam. The new location will deal with sales, implementation and support more than 7,000 European merchants. The...

Practical jokers typically plot crazy pranks for April Fool’s Day, which just so happened to be yesterday. As such, since Bitcoin is the new hot topic as of late, there happened to be some funny Bitcoin pranks this year. It’s Bitcoin Bonanza Time On a blog post, Bonanza, an...

At the University of Georgia, three sophomores are putting their knowledge of bitcoin to good use. Founder of CashToCrypo, Brandon Mintz, says his Athens-based company is holding a bitcoin fundraiser for families whose loved ones died while fighting fires. Mintz stated:...